Back again! Same site (# 169) and same friends as last year at Samuel De Champlain Provincial Park. This time we decided to come a bit earlier in the season so that we could have the opportunity to go in the water if we wanted to. Last year we went in September and it was too cold. But today is a beautiful day for camping and the whole weekend promises to be good too.
Danielle and Marvin arrived just before supper and brought with them their brand new tent. It was the first time they had ever put it up so, it was exciting.
It is a nice large tent. Lots of room. Perfect when you have kids and need your space.
While we were setting up camp, the kids were already getting out their frog catching nets. This is one past time that they never get tired of.
It was not long before they were down at the beach and catching frogs. This is where they are happiest.
While the kids hunted for frogs, I hunted for flowers. There were white water lilies in bloom.
And purple Pickerelweed flowers were also floating in the water.
For Hunter's birthday I bought him a toy tennis set. This game came is a very close second to the frog catching. It was good to have something else to grab their attention so that the frogs could have a bit of a rest once in awhile.
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But the frogs don't get much reprieve when the boys are around. Even night time is frog catching time!
Frogs aren't the only ones trying to avoid their nets at night. The minnows have to be careful not to get caught too. Of course anything caught in the nets are always released a short while later.
Another little critter that caught their interest this night was a slug that was sliding along on a damp log.
Eventually we were able to pull the kids away from the lake and over to where we had the fire going.
We had thrown some colour changing packets into the fire to make the flames change to blues, and pinks, and greens. It was a rainbow of colours dancing in the dark.
We got out the chocolate and marshmallows and made ourselves a bunch of S'mores. It was tricky to do in the dark by the light of a flashlight, but we managed. And they tasted delicious!
After washing our sticky hands and brushing our teeth it was time for bed. There is talk of doing a hike and possibly taking a ride down the river on our inflatable boats. So we need to get rested up for a big day tomorrow.
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